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| | ==Naija== | | ==Naija== |
| − | ===Alternative forms===
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| − | * bring 0.63 2022, flush 0.56 23, sort 0.52 35, knock 0.51 85, look 0.51 2331, roll 0.51 63, search 0.49 252, keep 0.49 813, survive 0.48 296
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| | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== |
| − | Borrowed from English find
| + | From: English ''find'' |
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| | ===Pronunciation=== | | ===Pronunciation=== |
| − | * faɪnd | + | * fînd |
| | <sm2>Pcm-ng-find.f.ogg</sm2> | | <sm2>Pcm-ng-find.f.ogg</sm2> |
| | <sm2>Pcm-ng-find.m.ogg</sm2> | | <sm2>Pcm-ng-find.m.ogg</sm2> |
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| | * Frequency in raw corpus: 2254 | | * Frequency in raw corpus: 2254 |
| | * Frequency rank in raw corpus: 176 | | * Frequency rank in raw corpus: 176 |
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| − | The word is used more in written texts than orally.
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| | ===Verb=== | | ===Verb=== |
| − | find: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
| + | * Na make person look for someting or person. |
| − | | + | :* {{ux|dv|De woman must sha '''find''' one ting take hold hand. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. She must find some fault regardless of your effort.)}} |
| − | | + | :* {{ux|dv|Go '''find''' motor. |(deuber__3590. Find a cab.)}} |
| − | # obj (frequency:179)
| + | :* {{ux|dv|'''Find''' better friends, |(jw__10659. Make friends with good people.)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|Go '''find''' motor. |(deuber__3590, __no translation__)}}
| + | :* {{ux|dv|How dem take dey '''find''' deir own? |(BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__37. How dem dey find their own?)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Find''' better friends, |(jw__10659, __no translation__)}}
| + | :* {{ux|dv|So dem go dey dere dey '''find''' plan. |(WAZA_03_Obi-Lifestory_MG__65. So they will be there, looking for plans.)}} |
| − | # mark-obj (frequency:147)
| + | :* {{ux|dv|Na you I been dey '''find''' [[upanddown]]. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. I have been going about looking for you.)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|but e still dey easy to '''find''' dem. |(bbc__53805, __no translation__)}}
| + | :* {{ux|dv|We go siddon and try and '''find''' solution. |(bbc__5343. We will resolve it round a table.)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|Man U need to '''find''' way to handle Messi |(bbc__65158, __no translation__)}}
| + | #* Na to supply someting wey no dey |
| − | # aux-obj (frequency:47)
| + | :* {{ux|dv|Oga '''find''' your boys [[chop]] money, we dey hungry. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. Find your boys some money for food boss.)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|How dem take dey '''find''' deir own? |(BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__37, How do dey find their own ?)}}
| + | :* {{ux|dv| '''find''' de police small coins make we for fit leave here quick.|(NSC_Legbeti_2021. Bribe the police so that we are not kept uneccessarily.)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|So dem go dey dere dey '''find''' plan. |(WAZA_03_Obi-Lifestory_MG__65, So they will be there, looking for plans.)}}
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| − | # nsubj-obj (frequency:37)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Im '''find''' better wife. |(JOS_31_Psqaure-And-Efe_DG__21, He finds a good wife.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Im pikin '''find''' trouble. |(ABJ_INF_09a_Children-Story_M__45, His child found trouble.)}}
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| − | # - (frequency:30)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|She must '''find''' one ting to do. |(ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__98, She must find something to do.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Dem go '''find''' firewood, go for bush, |(NST_cleaned__29132, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # aux-nsubj (frequency:30)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|De dey '''find'''... |(ENU_02_Christmas-At-New-Berries_MG__45, They were looking for...)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na you I dey '''find'''. |(BEN_27_Boy-And-Girl_DG__115, I was looking for you.)}}
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| − | # cc-obj (frequency:15)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|We go siddon and try and '''find''' solution. |(bbc__5343, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|So, I dey order you to go back and '''find''' way to settle palava for una area. |(bbc__6141, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # mark (frequency:9)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Some people don dey try to '''find''' |(jw__32662, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|She say she know good HMOs dey but dem scarce and e hard to '''find'''. |(bbc__90546, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # nsubj (frequency:9) | |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na only im deadi bodi dem '''find'''...Dem no fit save am, Eiwnetu add. |(bbc__5168, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|No when we come back, we go ask am who im marry, where dem fin-, where e '''find''' am? |(WAZL_14_Kulele-Zone_DG__135, no when we come back, we would ask him whom he married and where he found her.)}}
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| − | # advcl-obj (frequency:9)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|If person dey, im go just go '''find''' work do before im chop. |(NST_cleaned__16417, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|If e reach four, you can vex, '''find''' di one wey stubborn, pursue am so dat chance go dey. |(WAZK_11_Chiagozies-Life-Story_M__108, If they are up to four, you can be angry and look for the one that's stubborn, send her away so that there will be chance.)}}
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| − | # aux (frequency:8)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Come if you dey try dey '''find''' |(jw__6019, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na di one, na di one wey e don done finish you dey '''find'''. |(NST_cleaned__26533, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # aux-mark (frequency:6)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|continue to dey '''find''', and una go see; |(jw__20475, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|So you fit tell me one, one ting wen you don '''find'''? |(WAZL_11_Kabuchi_DG__74, So, can you tell me one, one thing that you have found ?)}}
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| − | # dep-obj (frequency:5)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|I just go '''find''' some kind of work because me… |(ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__50, I went to find job because.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Nigeria dey take all im eye '''find''' money because of the deficit for dia 2018 budget. |(bbc__73509, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # conj (frequency:4)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Write wetin you want '''find''' or choose wetin dey and press '''Find''' . |(jw__47102, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Now, women - mothers no get choice but to go '''find''' and bury di dead bodi of dia pikin dem and town pipo. |(bbc__75730, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # conj-obj (frequency:3)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|I come back, con hussle, '''find''' money, carry drink, go give dier people. |(NST_cleaned__1216, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Im say na police '''find''' di foreigners and dem don arrest one suspect on top di kidnap matter. |(bbc__59208, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # ccomp (frequency:2)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Later, we con, we con '''find''' sey, later, we con '''find''' sey na im thieve am. |(ONI_16_Thief_DG__31, Later, we then... we then found out that... later, we then found out that, it was her who stole it.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Switzerland government wey be part of di countries wey help Nigeria '''find''' di money bin do agreement say dem go only return di money if dem sure say Nigeria go use for better development things like roads, water, medicine and education. |(bbc__92834, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # obl:arg (frequency:2)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|I gats wear, I gats go '''find''' for market. |(JOS_21_Marriage-Talk-With-Oscar-1_DG__109, I have to wear... I have to go and find it in the market.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|As pesin wey start to dey ate at 14 years, I don dey tink and ttok about wetin I wan '''find''' for my partner and also wia I go '''find''' am. |(bbc__17326, __no translation__)}}
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| − | ====Derived forms====
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| − | ====Synonyms====
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| − | * bring 0.63 2022, flush 0.56 23, sort 0.52 35, knock 0.51 85, look 0.51 2331, roll 0.51 63, search 0.49 252, keep 0.49 813, survive 0.48 296
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| | ====Antonyms==== | | ====Antonyms==== |
| − | * bring 0.63 2022, flush 0.56 23, sort 0.52 35, knock 0.51 85, look 0.51 2331, roll 0.51 63, search 0.49 252, keep 0.49 813, survive 0.48 296 | + | * [[lose]] |
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| | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
| − | * English: no definition | + | * English: ''search'' |